Furniture-drawer.



-E. OHNSTRAND.

FURNITURE DRAWER. APPLICATION FILED ocT. zs. 1912.

Patented Apr. 10, 1.917

burrs etrnrrns PATENT or rron.

ENOCH OHNSTRAND, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO U. S. STEELFURNITURE COMPANY, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

FURNITURE-DRAWER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. to, rear.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ENOGH OuNs'rnANn,

following specification and shown in the. ac-

companying drawings.

The present invention relates to furniture drawers and an object of thesame is to provide a construction which may be inexpensively formed fromsheet metal and in which the parts thereof may be quickly and easilyassembled;

To these and other ends the invention consists in certain parts andcombinations of parts all of which will be hereinafter described, thenovel features being pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the body of the drawer with the frontwall removed;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the inner face of the outer section ofthe front wall;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one face of the inner section of thefront wall;

Fig. 4 is a detail sectional View showing the manner of connecting thefront wall to the drawer bottom;

Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section of the dralwer showing the front wallin position; an

Fig. 6 is a horizontal front wall of the drawer.

The drawer body may be of any suitable construction but is preferablyformed from a single piece of sheet material bent to provide the bottomwall 1, side walls 2 and 3 and a rear end wall 4 the side walls and rearend walls being bent vertically with reference to the bottom wall 1 andthe rear edges of the side walls 2 and 3 being connected to the rear endwall 4. stance this connection embodies laterally turned tongues 5 onthe rear ends of the side walls 2 and 3 overlapping the rear face of theend wall 4 and being provided with lips 6 which extend through slits 7in the rear wall 4, said lips being bent laterally over the inner faceof the rear wall. The bottom section through the wall, preferably, isdepressed or dropped at 8 longitudinally along its opposite sides toprovide portions which cofiperate with the guides on which the drawerslides, thus elevating the intermediate portion of the bot- In this in-.

tom and reducing the friction on the bottom of the drawer.

The front wall of the drawer is formed preferably of two sections, anouter section 9 and an inner section 10. In this instance, this frontsection is connected to the drawer body by forming angled flanges on theside and bottom walls of the body, said flanges having portions 11extending at right angles to the walls by which they are carried andhaving forwardly deflected flanges 12 at their outer edges parallel withthe said walls. On the bottom wall, the angled flange is provided onlybetween the dropped or depressed portions 8. To cotiperate with theseangled flanges, the front section 9 may be provided on its inner facewith a marginal pocket formed by bending the sheet of metal rearwardlyat 13 at right angles to the plane of the wall, and thence inwardly at14 parallel with the plane of the wall, this pocket receiving the angledflanges 11, 12 on the bottom and side walls of the drawer bottom.

The inner section 10 of the front wall may be provided with marginalflanges 15 along its sides and with a marginal flange 16 alon its bottomedge, the flanges 15 and 16 being straight or. flat and the flanges 15having their lower ends cut away or beveled to permit the flange 16 toyield slightly when the inner section is being fitted to the frontsection. At its upper edge, the inner section is provided with an angledflange formed bya portion 17 extending fromand arranged at right anglesto the plane of the section 10, a portion 18 extending from the portion17 and parallel with the portion 10, and a portion 19 extending from theouter edge of the portion 18 and parallel with the portion 17. Theangled portions 18 and 19 are adapted to be fitted within that portionof-the marginal pocket along the upper edge of the outer section 9, asshown in Figs. 4 and 5, so that, when the lower end of the inner section10 is brought up to the outer section 9, the inner section will abut theinner face of the drawer body and hold the outer section in place.

Arranged on the front faceof the front wall is a handle 20 which ispreferably secured in place by two bolts. These bolts may have heads 21and are loosely passed through openings 22 in the inner section, beingprovided with shoulders 23 which ed to be projected. Extending forwardlyfrom the attaching plate is the barrel 27 of the lock, provided with thekey opening, said barrel being adapted to project slightn through anopening 28'formed in the front section 9.

A drawer constructed in accordance with this invention has specialadvantages for resisting fire. Its frontwall is formed of two members orsections which are spaced apart so as not to provide any two wideabutting portions adapted to transmit heat from one section to theother. The angled flanges on the drawer body serve to increase the widthbetween the two members of the front wall, and, at the same time, permitthe drawer to simulate a wooden construction having a surroundingprojection on its front wall to exclude dust; The lock is only securedto the inner section of the front wall and, in this way, may be morereadily assembled while permitting a knock-down construction. The handleis connected to the drawer without tying the two sections or members ofthe front wall into abutting relation.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patentis: 1. In combination in a drawer for furniture, a body havingangledflanges on the forward ends of its bottoin and side walls, saidflanges extending outwardly with reference to said walls and thenforwardly; and a front wall embodying an inner and an outer section, theouter section having a marginal pocket formed by portions extendingrearwardly and inwardly, said pocket receivin the flanges on the sideand bottom walls 0 the body, and the inner sec tion coiiperating withthe inner face of the body and having a ortion fitted in that portion ofthe margmal pocket along the 'upper edge of the front section.

2. In combination in a drawer for furniture, a body having angledflanges on the forward ends of its bottom'and side walls, said flangesextending outwardlv with reference to said walls and thence forwardlyparallel with said walls; and a front wall formed of an inner and anouter section, the outer section having a marginal pocket formed byportions extending rearwardly and inwardly, said pocket receiving theangled flanges on the side and bottom walls of the body, and said innersection having straight flanges on its vertical side and bottom edgesand an angled flange along its upper edge, the angled flange extendingforwardly at right angles to the plane of the section, thence upwardlyparallel with the plane of the section, and thence forwardly at rightangles to the plane of the section, the last-named forwardly extendingportion and the outwardly extending portion being received within thatportion of the marginal pocket along the upper edge of the frontsection.

ENOOH OHNSTRAND. Witnesses:

CHAS. E. BENSON, Lnvr S. CHAPMAN.

